this online script

"Do Dumb Blonde Jokes Slow Mental Activity?"

apparently due to a recent study, yes.

So in my sociology class, we read an article titled that above, and actually I just thought it'd be interesting to share it with everyone. I'm just going to summarize it a bit.

So this test was taken in Berlin (Reuters), and thier conclusion basically was tha tblondes perform intelligence tests more slowlsy after reading jokes playin on thier supposed stupidity said the psychologists of the German Study.

around 80 women of various hair color were tested on thier mental compacity to work quickly/precisely in a series of different psychometric tests.

HOWEVER, before actually doin these tests, half of the participants had to read dumb blonde jokes.

(HAHA they even had an example joke on the page: "why do blondes open yogurt pots while still at the supermarket?--Because it says 'Open Here' on the lid.")

Its all quite amazing because the power of suggestion basically can effect a ridiculously untrue stereotype on a blonde's confidence.

and here's the real conclusion of all this: As human beings, whether with or without hair, we are all vulnerable to illigolical and emotionally charged suggestsions as this. The good news is that the power of suggestion can be reversed and work in the opposite direction. "It rally is effortless for us to believe someone who is tellin gus that we possess all the traits we have being aspiring posess and embody our entire life". so true.

and to end it off, great persuasion happens when someone tells you whih you believe most about yourself includin values and desires.

Power of Suggestion. whoohoo.

Well today i felt like i needed to entertain myself since i finished my homework early today (which is rare).
So my friend Eric messages me on AIM and he shares with me about how he just took an emotional test (EQ test basically).So i decided to take the test too and here was my result:

So after i see that, i agree with most of these statements. i do definetly agree that i have a certain degree of understanding and dealing with emotions. But what i really notice about this particular EQ test is that its extremely boad in its statement. My boyfriend for example got 107, one point higher than me. (honestly at first i was toatlly suprised since my man can literally be compared to that of a vegetable). But I guess the point of why i show all this is because I just figured out a certain aspect of of this EQ testing. Call me naiive or whatever because i wasn't bright enough to realize this first, but EQ tests, really can be swayed by teh individual themselves. Take me vs my boy for example. We both are DIFFERENT like no other. I'm outgoing, he's dull, I'm outspoken, he'd rather stay quite, I'm in the game, he's an observer I like history, he likes math. etc. etc. My original hypothesis after getting him to actually take this test was that he might score on the low range because of how he is usually...and you can only imagine how suprised i was when he told me his score. Not going to lie, i felt offended and i immediately assumed this test to be total bullshit. So after a few mintues and clearing my minor frustration, re-maximized the damned EQ test result window to try and find a logical answer to this. Then it hit me, duh, my life is so much more crazy than his. What i mean is that because im so emotional due to my over-indulgence of drama and the tendency to be a crazy bitch, matches why i got such similar results as my boy. As much as that probably didn't make sense at all, lets refer back to the actual picture i posted. It says that I have an easy time overcoming difficulties in life and that i can control my mood, and this is all true. Any crazy ass "difficulty" or whatever that pops into my face, i'll deal with it, and most of the time it'll be over quick for me, and yeah I don't let my emotions blow up over spilled milk. Now we refer to the boy. It goes without saying that it is also true that he has an easy time overcomign difficulties in life...why? because he HAS none, hell he'd avoid any form of "difficulty" as if it were the plague; mood wise, yeah he definitely can keep his in check..why? because he's totally neutral and extremely even tempered. Whereas My temper, even though i can control it, sometimes just goes everywhere especiallly when its my girl month. 

     Conclusion? I now take back what i initially thought, this test is pretty accurate. Even if the results don't seem like it, i guess one really needs to look deeper into i ya know? Seek WHY you got the answer you did and also learn to see how it would relate to others whom got the same score as you.

kay maybe this post was particuarily pointless since i can't really think of a good wrap up conclusion. well i'm good. 

So as we all know, our long awaited 14 year project is finally coming to an end...but does that also include the world?
I've recently been behind the news like crazy, but I'm not too ignorant to not hear about the "big bang machine" or to emphasize that, the biggest bang machine. No joke this is seriously a scientific break through that may in fact unlock more mysteries of our universe, go world.
    I'm sitting here at school and i think about it and really this sounds great, maybe it'll shed some light on the Big Bang Theory...until my science teacher jokingly adds that there is a slight chance that a black hole may be created...great. I can't make any claims on how their safety hazards are being handeled (i'd hope that its very carefully considered or else they might seirously screw themselves over.) but even a simpleton like me could maybe put 2 and 2 together....big risky machine+black hole=no. Sure the chances of this happening is like 239487239472934723984729 to 1..but regardless there still is a chance and if, so God help us, that chance occurs, what happens if the black hole isn't containable? I may just be speaking nonesense right now, but really....the more I think about this project, the more problematic it really is.

So we also know that very recently, the Stock Market pretty much just entered a crash again, (down 500 points...wow). This really is just amazing, stock market crashes have only occurred twice in our whole history, and here it is again..i just can't believe that I'm in the same lifetime with it. But of course, I live in a bubble where nobody is quite concerned about the crash....hell I bet not even half my school knows about it (and even if they did they probably wouldn't give too much of a damn anyhow). Sooo...gas prices are bad, the crash is just traumatic (to others not in the same city as me since we're just so perfect) and we're building a big bang simulator machine thats costing us....what? 10 billion dollars? go world again. Is society really this stupid? I mean..really what compells us to have the need to figure out how our universe was started...is it a need? Isn't it already clear that a human being can't even start to comprehend such great immensities? (hell we can't even think how big one mole is in chemistry...and here we are jumping up to figure out the universe). We're living in this universe that was created however way long time ago...I'm pretty sure that we can just keep on living our everday lives without wondering what black abyss the earth really was like a trillion years back.

  Regardless, if a black hole really somehow get created out of the high concentrated beams going at 99.99999999999999999% of the speed of light. They better be fricken prepared to keep it in check because i sort of want to live on to at least go to college...is that so much to ask?

well hey im only 1 person who thinks this..well techincally there is one another who thinks this same thing....well there was one another. I heard on the news that there was a girl in India who actually suicided over this big bang machine..i think it's safe to say that she thought it was bad too.

here is the article about the indian girl: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/2071980 

soooo one month you guys, then we'll figure out of "doomsday" this time was a fluke or not.

article source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26439957/ 

oh just so ya'll know, i did take off the last couple posts i had on here just because i thought them to be utterly irrelevant to anything..

so, i read an article today that was titled "Supernatural Science: why we want to believe". it basically speaks of how today's society, although probably has tried to avoid this topic, is getting pulled into the supernatural world of monsters and other chimerical subjects. First off, I think it is safe to say all have believed in some type of...fictictious character. Whehter it be when we were young and the common petty stories of Santa Clause and that fat belly of his, or the Tooth Fairy with the quarters, and how about the Sandman with his...sand. These are just characters which i believe to be just...maybe something that parents find humor in seeing thier child's utter amusement in these beings which compells them to fill thier minds with folklore. I'm not saying it bad...and anyway in most cases kids grow out of the belief sooner or later (sigh the cruelty of growing up). 

But actually, the question i'd like to ask is why do we feel the need to believe in these beings? Actually if you think about it, the real reason for anyone to really fear....anything is just thorougly based off thier imagination..thus why people would describe a paranoid person as "thier imagination going wild." so isn't it then just our own faults that we are scared of things? There are such people who are absolutely stolid and utterly emotionless... In the article, it goes in specifics with a family who had a chicken coop in the back, and apparently some "beast" had been killing and eating them. And right away they assumed "CHUPACABRA" ( a mythical beast). but When they actually had shot down the "chupacabra" in action, scientist plainly claimed that it was just a common coyote. (embarrasing no?)

you know interestingly enough. there was an article last week regarding 3 hunters who had shot down Big foot and stuffed the beast in the freezer...here is an exerpt from that article:  "A tale last week by three men who said they have remains of Bigfoot in a freezer was reported by many Web sites as anywhere from final proof of the creature to at least a very compelling case to keep the fantasy ball rolling and cash registers ringing for Bigfoot trinkets and tourism (all three men involved make money off the belief in this creature). Even mainstream media treated a Friday press conference about the "finding" as news." which was all very intersting....still need to keep up with what became of that bigfoot.

anywho, many say the belief in the supernatural could be due to religious beliefs...actually a good example of this would be during the colonial era of America. Early Puritans that had settled in the Middle colonies had the infamous witchhunts. Its even said by historians that the reason for this belief in witches was because of thier christian religion...and with a little help from a few girls sufferieng seizure attacks and went around blaming whomever they disliked to be witches.

in conclusion, a person will always WANT to believe in teh supernatural, although there is "sufficient" enough evidence to prove most of the theories incorrect. But then again, even in the mass media, the viewers are constantly bombarded with shows such as Ghost hunters, Taps. etc. that focus on ghost sightings. Those shows by themselves could push one to believe that there really are beings in the afterlife that still linger on this Earth. And even if others may protests why its not possible, they can't ever really be correct...because who knows, i could be typing right now and there would be a spirit nearby reading what i type. But how can i say there isn't? i don't have the proof, probably nobody will have the proof. It can't also just be classified as one's state of mind...well. depends actually. But the point remains strong. A person will seek to believe in things which cannot be explained through stories which seem impossible, but will at least satisfy thier horrowing need for an answer.

and hell, as a kid it never hurt to be filled with stories of clouds made of cotton candy and a land where video games ruled everything :]

SOURCE FOR ARTICLE COVERED HERE: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26268698/

hello you all, i basically was searching around xanga for some legitimate reads, and i came upon this post, and i find it absolutely fabulous and totally accurate: (by the way, its about how a guy should react to a girl crying. IF YOU ARE A GUY, YOU SHOULD REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THIS POST.)

WHEN A GIRL IS CRYING
Step 1
figure out why they're crying
this is key.  don't always assume crying is a bad thing.  sometimes people cry because they're happy.  maybe they're praying and had this great divine epiphany - or sometimes (so i hear, yet, do not understand at all) some people just want a 'good' cry.  it's cathartic for them.  and other times, it's just that - they feel sad.  but bottomline - figure out why they're crying!  Giving her a hallmark card from the "Sympathy" section would be dumb if she's crying because she's so happy to be with you.  good job winner!

Step 2
Listen
get the q-tips, clean out your ears.  girls work differently than guys - if a guy cries we all react the same...we laugh at you.  it's the best way to cope.  this does not work for girls.  the best thing you can do is listen and just be silent. 

Step 3
Listen
get the q-tips, clean out your ears.  girls work differently than guys - if a guy cries we all react the same...we laugh at you.  it's the best way to cope.  this does not work for girls.  the best thing you can do is listen and just be silent.
confused why i just repeatedly myself?  it's that important.  and stop laughing.

Step 4
Comfort Hug
sometimes a good hug could mean everything.  just don't do a bear hug...you need to get it just right.  best way to know is to make sure you don't hear her wheezing and then squirming and then complete stillness - that would be bad, lenny.  instead, hug just enough to comfort and hand her a tissue. 

Step 5
Tissue
when someone is having a serious cry - let's admit it all to ourselves - we look horrible.  snot, runny eyes, puffy eyes, smears of tears, and the constant shivering of the body.  tissue is like the small bandaid to the holland dam.  it's small, but at least it's something - having tissue around will at least control the horribleness.  DO NOT use toilet paper.  nothing's worse than being in your most vulnerable moment to have butt paper handed to you.  yup - i said it on a christian website - butt paper.

SOURCE: http://weblog.revelife.com/weblogitem.as

i think i can safely say that the Dark Knight was absolutely one of THE best movies ever produced! who can object to that? (i only wish I could have seen it in IMAX, now that would be amazing) any who so I went along with my family to watch it at night...originally we wanted to try and catch the 930 viewing, but ended up getting the tickets for the 1030 since every other time prior was sold out. Not to mention that I stood in line for a good hour before actually entering the theatre (the line stretched outside of the theatre) but overall, it definitely was worth the wait. I don't want to actaully ruin the plot for those who are reading this and retared enough to not have seen it yet, but i guess i just want to focus on the one aspect of the movie that i think really stands out the most: Human intentions in terms of morals.
What i mean by this is how any being would react in certain situations, The Joker (whome by the way was literally the best part of the movie) in an oversimplification of the his main objective behind the terrorization of Gotham, he merely wants to test the human mind. Even within the movie they touch on the subject of WHY the Joker does what he does, he doesn't want the money, (thast quite obvious in a certain scene of the movie) he doesn't want anything really...hell not even Batman dead, for as he has stated throughout his history of any conflict with him that "life would be boring without you Bat." So then what does he really want? Unlike most criminals, Joker in his state of mind is just interested in how the world is and basically always pushes the citizen's within Gotham to commit something that they'd never do. Maybe i could be a bit too specific in that statement, but in the context of the movie, Joker created these situations for Batman that tested his will. Was he willing to kill an innocent for another? was he willing to save one and let another die? In these type of scenarios, anyone could break down in confusion and utterly know not what to do. Of course Batman's moral rules is that he will try to save everyone, never leave one to suffer, but even with his idea of good will and attempts to follow them, people still died. By playing Joker's game, you must abide to his rules, and sink down to his level of thinking. He cant' just be regarded as one as typical as other cynical minds, he must be stripped down from each layer of his ambiguous mind, but chances are, nothing will be figured out from this loony
Another thing i really like about Joker is his psychological state, (not that im crazy or anything..haha) But other than the obvious of him being a little nutty in the head, I'm really interested in his past, and what really lies behind that smile of his (especially how he got it). So basically, once upon a time, he had a beautiful wife that he loved very much so, but one day, her Father had scarred up her face with a knife; He wanted to make her feel like she had company and wasn't alone. He thought he should also get scars upon his face in order to look like her, so he self mutiliated himself to do so. However, he was terribly mis-led, his wife did not like the new scars upon his face, at all and the Joker got his heart broken. But also...there was an instance in the movie in which Joker says that his father was the one who continued with the scars on his face. He states that his father did not like like his serious face at all, and  would ask him "Why so seroius?", so the parent actually took a knife and then cut the corners of his son's lips to extend it into a smile.

So this entry will  probably be horridly mediocre because again, I'm only 16 and i will be a Junior this year. 11th grade is without a doubt the MOST important year in highschool, workload wise and you know this year is when everything really counts. The colleges get to see your full grade report for this year, and hell even last year....so really, pressure pressure pressure is just pulling me down. so for my SAT fun-filled summer (which was literally called SAT Boot camp, the material we had to do really lives up to its name..5 days per week from 130pm-530pm each day for 10 weeks), i basically hardly improved. Its not to say it was a waste of my time, i just now understand how the SAT's are now structured and I also now know what steps i have to take to approach my my problems; not all was a waste. i had to get inumerable pep talks from graduating seniors about what i should do/not do for my year. I mean its not that i don't appreciate the advice, hell i'll probably be needing it more than ever. Honestly, im not a smart kid...just because im in honors classes and whatever AP classes...im not that smart. I just do what i can to pass the class...and really in the honors classes, im nothing more than average...and this really worries me. Its always good to be placed in a more competitive enviroment, it only helps you to strive to be better than your class...but what happens if you can't even be part of the competition? then its just...you're there but you just feel shitty as hell. That's me at the moment. I don't ever feel like i can compete with anybody....i may put a facade that may seem like im always on top of things, but really i'm just another procrastinator who wishes she was amazing as the others. You know what i really find unfair though? and this really is just me complaining....its how some kids are naturally smarter than others. Smarter in such a way that they can retain information much better or maybe just able to approach things logically etc. You know....like genius material. They would naturally have a better chance, if ever so slightly, to achieve greater things than an averge joe such as myself. But hey, what can i do about it?

today i actually had an appointment with my college counselor, which my dad and i both attend together. I basically tell him everything related to school-classes, people, teachers, etc. But each time i tell him my grades, he does always give me a positive comment such as "you're doing great" and etc. But really....i can see it, he just is pretty much saying that im nothing special. My grades are utterly standard, nothing really pops out of the page...etc. I can imagine that its pretty much just his job to not critcize me or put too much negative views upon my grades or my extra cirriculum. But now im wondering if all this sympathizing is just underminng my efforts to actually push my limits. I'd like to say that i wish i could be pushed harder...well actually that can be done, but i in the past i did break down a couple times because of how stupid i feel in school all the time. Whats worse is that my school isn't even that great of a school, as expected, its just an "average" school. So even if i was top 5% of my school academically, if i was juxtaposed with another kid from...i don't know a private school who is a B/C student, i'd still probably be the one that would be the stupid one...Sad huh? I actually had a chance to possibly be in a much better school than mines....i was on borderline between my current school and the other one. But of course me being the retard that i was when during my transition from middle school to highschool, i just wanted to be with my friends (whom i ended up either disliking/loosing contact with). Seriously, if i could right now go back in time and come face to face with my 8th grade self, I'd smack her down and force her to go to that other school. god i wish i could do that right now.

To top it off, im asian. with the strict asian expectations..im just goin to be very blunt with the asian statements; we all know asians are known for being "smart". Well whoever really believes in that hasn't met me. Well regarding my parents, they're actually the more..leniant type compared to other dictorial asian parents that make their kids study hours after hours each day. But really, my parents don't have to force me down to do better, I myself just want to do better...i hate feeling like i just blend in with the crowd of stupid people (haha). I want to be in a good college......maybe nothing prestige such as princeton/harvard etc. (both of which have amazing campus'! i visited the east coast) but you know...standard UC's, my current goal is at least UCSD...if not then UCI...because at this point, I doubt i can get into any better schools.

You know what, even now i know what is my problem: i don't try my best. well i mean i do..but i could do so much better you know? like i could read so much more...like magazines such as Times, newseek...national geographic. etc. (i need to actually..for SAT essay >_>) and definitely i could put so much more effort to study more. But why don't i? I've actually seriously thought about this in depth, and I do have an answer that sort of doesn't make sense. Well this is what I reckon. I could try, try so hard that I would have to give up some of my social life for the sake of school and do well. But what I'm afraid is that I try so hard.....and in the end i don't get anything. I would have then basically failed. and all of my efforts would have gone to waste. However another one could argue that if I don't try, then of course i won't get into a good college or get the things i want. Again true....but thats officially one of my main fears: to try so hard and reach my limits and in the end not achieve what I wanted. God, that itself to me is worse than being burried alive or put into a small room with the feeling of claustrophobia.

but its a gamble...and i just need to try harder and harder....and harder. It is all that anybody has been sayin to me....and i guess thats all i can really get started on. To "try harder"

well that was indeed a smoothe bittersweet thought.

but here is this hilarious animation that i found off my friend that just says it all about Michael Phelps

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.